AECs and Albions

...atkipete .. i'd say it was on the foreshore, near Corio Villa

Thanks Pete.

Yeah, down toward the swimming pool.

The milk tanker photo has been taken on Eastern Beach road just west of the actual Eastern Beach swimming pool area. Lots of trucks, buses & car photo's were taken there. The Eastern Beach "Speed Trials" were held on that roadway for many years, reputed to have been started by the late Murray Rainey, & held again late last year after a layoff of many years. cheers Tim

Mobil Oil AEC V8 Mandator model 2VTG4R7E-would have AVM8/801 motor rated at 272 horsepower, AEC D251 10 speed splitter gearbox or possibly Fuller RTO913. The AEC V8 was pretty much a disaster and most of these trucks sold in N.Z. would have been repowered with AV760 or GM 6.71 or 6V71 engines. These second series V8 models had the cab raised 5 inches and a much smaller engine hump than an AV760 powered TG4R Mandator.

Grace Brothers, Brisbane-Albion Victor FT39AN Furniture Pantechnicon. This van is built on a Victor bus chassis, would have an Albion EN286 75 horsepower 4 cylinder diesel engine.

Taken about 1970 when I was working for Luya Julius in Brisbane.

If this works I'll eat my hat, but here goes.



I can't believe it . It really does work.

How did we drive things like this in these appalling conditions?

I have titled this photo Mammouth Major Driver's Lounge. :

Now I have the gist of this I will put a few more up from time to time here and there.

cya

If this works I'll eat my hat, but here goes.

I can't believe it . It really does work.

How did we drive things like this in these appalling conditions?

I have titled this photo Mammouth Major Driver's Lounge. :

Now I have the gist of this I will put a few more up from time to time here and there.

cya

Onya, Hi Beam ... you done good!!! [smiley=thumbsup.gif] When you stick the photos up on photobucket it appears there initially as a small picture. If you click on the small picture you get a bigger image of the size you uploaded. Click on the 'IMG' code to the right, and paste this in your post like you did with this one. Bingo ... a bigger piccie!!

PS ... we want a photo of you eating your hat!!

Here's a pic of an Albion enjoying the ride on the Harwood ferry over the Clarence River.The tarped truck in the background was one of the family's.

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